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<p>I can confirm : the O-ME53 fits on the K-7.</p>

<ol>

<li>the TAV program </li>

<li>SMC coating on lenses </li>

<li>ergonomics</li>

<li>weather sealing</li>

<li>price</li>

</ol>

<p>As they said : <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/1645300.html">Many 35mm cameras look a lot like Honeywell Pentax, but their results don't</a></p>

<p>I had been waiting for the DA* 60-250mm since the day I had bought my first K10D. I bought it the day I found it in a shop. And it resides on my camera since. Practically.<br>

It is a fair trade : one f-stop for the range, without having to compromise for the quality.<br>

The price... well, the DA* 60-250 is the only lens of the type available. So I gulped, and paid. But I just love that lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Tests confirm my own experience. This lens has forced my DA* 50-135 to early retiring... it is that good.</p>

<p>Ditto. Id I could have only one, it would be the DA 35mm. I own the DA 40mm. But since I have the Da35, the DA40 uses as body cap on my backup body. The versatility of the DA35 makes the difference.</p>

<p>From my own experience with this issue : at the beginning, I thought it was random. But after a while I could see that whenever I carried the camera with my right hand, I could hear the "beep" that the AEL button produces (if allowed by your settings). I could understand that just by pressing with my thumb in the area near the AEL button, it would react as if I had pressed on the button.</p>

<p>I've had this issue. I sent to service (it was still under warranty), and they changed the main board ... and the flash.</p>

<p>I'm in love with my DA* 60-250 since the day I bought it. The quality of image is *very* good, and that from f/4. It is heavy, and expensive, but it *is* a jewel. This my best zoom, period. And I own the two other DA* zooms.</p>

<p>My first SLR was a Russian-made Zenit. I suspect the thing had been designed by the same engineer who designed (between others) the T34 Tank, the Molotov trucks, and a lot of things that were supposed, in word, to work, whatever the conditions.<br /> <br /> One day, I dropped it from a rock I was climbing. I climbed down, picked the camera, and tried it. Clic. It worked. From that day, I stopped being worried about my camera, and it was... well relaxing.<br /> <br /> One other day, I wanted to buy a DSLR. And some objectives. But I was on a budget.<br /> <br /> And Zenit didn't have anything to offer. :)<br /> <br /> I remembered the days of insouciance, and decided I wanted a camera that would, in one word, work, whatever the conditions. And when you are on a budget, the search is short, specially if your search terms look like : «solid, cheap, with a nice look».<br /> <br /> I decided it had to be the K10D. Solid built, weather-proof. And it was (well, relatively) cheap. <br /> <br /> Now, the very first objective I decided to buy, just after I saw it for the first time, was the DA 40mm Limited. This was not a rational decision, but a I'm-in-love-will-you-marry-me type of decision. I saw a picture from this objective (on the internet), and I just had to have it.<br /> <br /> This was nearly three years earlier.<br /> <br /> My «working horse» has been one of the DA*. For two years, I left home with my DA* 50-135mm, and then replaced with the DA* 60-250mm.<br /> <br /> But I also carry some Limiteds. I now own the DA 40, the DA 35, and the DA 15 Limited. They never disappoint me. The pictures they give me are just fantastic.<br /> <br /> And you know what ? They even *feel* like a Zenit. Rock-solid. But a Zenit with a look.<br /> <br /> I get looks from other photographers, when I carry my K20D, with the grip (I wouldn't get out without it...) and the DA 40mm. But they don't questions. They look a lot, and I guess they feel, or instinctively know how serious my gear is.<br /> <br /> As I live in Germany, the website of Pentax I usually visit is the European one. Only lately did I look at the USA site. It has some kind of title, at the top.<br /> <br /> It says : Be Interesting...</p>

<p>... I took it with me to the International Parade of Steam Locomotives in Woltzyn (Poland)<br /> <img src="http://www.pbase.com/amnesix/image/112113500/medium.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <em>Pentax K10D, </em> <em>1/125s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso560 - DA*- 50-135mm</em> <br /> I can not find any fault<em> </em> with this lens.<em><br /> </em></p>

<p>This is a «out of this world» picture</p>

 

<p>I loved :</p>

<ul>

<li>Farm gate</li>

<li>Bike rack</li>

<li>Fence in BW</li>

<li>Red cart drippy building Kentucky</li>

<li>Playing hard to get.</li>

<li>me on the corner</li>

</ul>

<p>But the whole selection makes me envious ...<br /> My humble contribution : K10D, 50-135mm,<br /> <img src="http://www.pbase.com/amnesix/image/110416911/large.jpg" alt="" width="537" height="800" /> <br /> «The star» , 1/250s f/8.0 at 50.0mm iso100</p>

<p>I just love the DA40. I own DA* 16-50, but at 40mm, the DA40 is just better. If you don't usually need to below 2.8, I just don't see why you should buy the Fa43mm. You could read the tests by Photozone, and realize the 43 is just not worth the money when compared with the DA40mm.</p>

<p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amnesix/image/110136142/large.jpg " alt="" /><br>

K10D - DA* 50-135mm - 1/60s f/5.6 at 50.0mm iso100</p>

<p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amnesix/image/108197137/medium.jpg " alt="" /><br>

<em>K10D - DA 40mm Ltd - 1/100s f/6.3 iso100 </em><br>

This is my first time. I live in Berlin, and I love this city.<br /> </p>

I use a PC running GNU/Linux (the Ubuntu flavour)

 

For my pictures, I use mainly RawTherapee, and DigiKam. I wouldn't switch to any other system.